Cornwall Council drops plans for an ACS
Full story in Cornish Stuff, 1 March 2018 Cornwall Council will reject and abandon plans to establish an Accountable Care … Read more
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Row over weekend GP walk-in appointments
Proposals made by a senior consultant at the Royal Cornwall Hospital to get GP surgeries to offer “walk-in” appointments at … Read more
For four years running, The Royal Cornwall Hospital has not met its A&E target
Full Story at CornwallLive 11 January 2018 Cornwall’s main hospital has failed to meet its A&E target for four years, … Read more
The Cornwall Partnership NHS foundation Trust urged to make improvements by CQC
Full story at The Herald 2 February 2018 The Care Quality Commission has ordered The Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation … Read more
Hidden Document unveils plan to close Cornwall’s Minor Injury Unit
Full Story at CornwallLive 4 January 2018 There are fears that 10 of the 14 Minor Injury Units dotted around Cornwall could … Read more
Cornwall’s main hospital on ‘black alert’ with five hour waits and shortage of doctors or beds
Full Story at CornwallLive 30 December 2017 Cornwall’s main hospital at Treliske will remain on black alert for days to … Read more
Cornwall council could take over hospital management
Full story at CornwallLive, 5 October 2017 Plans are afoot to transfer the management of health services from the NHS … Read more
NHS patients going blind and missing cancer treatments due to hospital failings, report finds
Patients in Cornwall died after waiting too long for heart treatment, while others were left to go blind, according to a damning … Read more
Charity fears national precedent if CCG axes free transport services
A charity has warned a dangerous precedent may be set if a clinical commissioning group enforces its decision to stop … Read more
NHS Cornwall cuts patient transport for life-saving treatment
Full story at CornwallLive, 29 September 2017 Three times a week, 74-year-old Doreen Roe has to travel to the Royal Cornwall … Read more